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Apr 17, 2018
3 min

Seeing "Allred" Documentary Sheds Light on Mixed Bag Feminism

by Christy Yao, Rehumanize Int’l Intern I was immediately intrigued when I heard Netflix was releasing a documentary about a feminist lawyer. Although I couldn’t put a face to the name Gloria Allred, I was interested to hear her take on feminism. With a mix of nervousness and excitement, I started the film. I was glad to find the documentary largely focused on Allred’s work for victims of sexual harassment and assault. The film gave an overview of Allred’s life interspersed w

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Mar 19, 2018
2 min

A Feminist's Response to NIFLA v. Becerra

This week the Supreme Court will be hearing arguments for NIFLA v. Becerra, a case that is fundamentally about the right to freedom of speech. However, the ruling will have a major effect on the anti-abortion cause. The question that the court is addressing is whether the government can force Americans to express or support ideas they oppose. The law that is being challenged is California’s Reproductive FACT Act which requires pro-life pregnancy centers, typically charitable

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Jul 6, 2016
5 min

What SCOTUS’s Rejection of Texas HB2 Tells Us About the Current Abortion Debate

We knew when it happened. For three hours we had been in the sea of shouting, chanting, and chaos, and in an instance, it was all over. Frozen with shock, we barely heard the surge of volume rise up from the other side. Exchanging looks between each other, we knew: it did not pass. The days prior to the Supreme Court dismissal of Texas HB2—a bill which had common sense health and safety regulations for abortion clinics—had been nerve-wracking, but hopeful. I had started my ti

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Feb 6, 2016
7 min

An Open Letter to Emma Watson

Dear Emma, There’s a truly touching scene in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in which the character you played in the film, Hermione Granger, is consoled by her friends after being referred to as a “Mudblood” by Draco Malfoy. This particular scene is incredibly powerful, as it reveals the ways irrational discrimination and hateful language can lead to dehumanization. The use of pure-bloodedness as a metric for an individual’s worth is truly despicable; it is, in fact,

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Oct 30, 2015
12 min

Women & Girls in The Wizard of Oz

The International L. Frank Baum & All Things Oz Historical Foundation held a fundraiser in August 2014 in connection with the house in Syracuse, New York, that belonged to L. Frank Baum’s sister, Harriet Baum Neal. This house was where Baum met his future wife, Maud Gage. Pro-life feminist Carol Crossed, who is the president of the Board of Directors of the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, gave a talk at the fundraiser on Maud Gage and her mother Matilda Joslyn Gage, both

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May 11, 2014
4 min

The Emergence of Fourth-Wave Feminism

Fourth Wave Feminism reflects the emerging phase in the evolution of true feminist thought. The First Wave of feminism (1840-1920) was focused on getting the vote for women. This struggle was won by the suffragists’ holistic inclusion of equal rights in their philosophy. Women not only sought legal equality with men but also supported the rights of other oppressed segments of the population. Suffragists supported abolitionism, child labor laws, worker and immigrant rights, an

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Nov 19, 2013
6 min

Reflections on the Women's Peace Encampment: 30 Years Later

Mark Hare is not the kind of person who strikes you as being aware that he played more than a minor role in changing the world. When I interviewed him for this article, he downplayed his role in the Women’s Peace Encampment, which was established in the summer of 1983. The encampment was in remote Seneca County, NY, a 55-minute drive from Rochester where I live. It was 51 acres of farmland that abutted the Seneca Army Depot, which Hare’s research revealed, was the eastern sea

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Aug 25, 2013
2 min

Pro-Life Feminist Collegians

BY MARY STROKA The purpose of real feminism is to empower women. The best ways to empower women are not by tearing men down or by propagating a belief that abortion should be available on demand, but by giving women a sense of security and the information they need about how to deal with a crisis pregnancy and embrace their womanhood. As a recent graduate, I participate in a recently established pro-life club on a Catholic campus that has been able to take charge of the very

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Aug 25, 2013
6 min

Feminist and Pro-Life (and What I Learned from Being a Young Mother)

BY LILI I remember the day that I found out I was pregnant with my son. It was a few days after my birthday. My husband and I were sitting in our tiny, cramped first apartment (which we have since been so grateful to leave) when we saw the results. My first emotion was warmth and excitement; I had never felt closer to my husband. I felt as if I had found out I was part of some greater narrative, as if I was growing out of myself. However, split seconds later, my emotions

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Aug 25, 2013
3 min

Life, Death, and Conversion

BY JEWELS GREEN I'm a relative newcomer to the pro-life movement. Despite being forced into an abortion at 17 and surviving my subsequent suicide attempt (and the month-long psychiatric hospital stay), I developed a remarkably strong pro-choice worldview. Less than a year after my abortion I started working at an abortion clinic. In hindsight, I think I was surrounding myself with people who thought abortion was OK, in the hopes that someday I'd believe that, too. After mo

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Aug 24, 2013
2 min

Feminist Rookies in the Pro-Life Ranks

BY AUDREY SAMPLE As someone who fiercely defends the preborn, people sometimes try to stereotype me as being anti-women's rights. Some might even go so far as to say I'm altogether anti-woman. That's far from the case, though. I consider myself an empowered, liberated young woman. Someone who has strong (sometimes controversial) opinions, but isn't afraid to talk about them. My pro-life opinion on abortion doesn't come from my upbringing, religion, or any man in my life.

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Aug 24, 2013
2 min

Enough Killing of Innocents: A Consistent Life Quote for #LifeMatters

BY JULIA SMUCKER This weekend, the consistent life publication Life Matters Journal is hosting a "blogfest" in response to the Feminist Majority Foundation's "AbortionMatters blog carnival." While clearly responding to a polemical position, this is not about perpetuating divides but attempting to bridge them: demonstrating that it is not only possible but indeed more consistent to be both pro-woman and pro-life, that concerns for universal human dignity and protection of th

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Aug 23, 2013
4 min

Abortion Enables Red-Pill Bros (or, How "Bro-Choice" Hurts Feminism)

BY AIMEE MURPHY A lot of this discussion is well-researched, trust me. But when I link to something, I'm just making sure you know that, yes, it is researched. There are more links that I could put here, but won't. I'm going to recommend that you don't click the links. If you're anything like me, you'll find it raunchy, tasteless, and above all, sickening. But trust me, it's been researched. Photo by FML (own work) [CC-BY-SA-2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa

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Aug 22, 2013
3 min

I'm Pro-Life and I Know That #AbortionMatters

BY ERIN STOYELL-MULHOLLAND Photo courtesy of Erin Stoyell-Mulholland. So in case you have not heard, the Feminist Majority Foundation is hosting an online event called the #AbortionMatters blog carnival. This will consist of "a series of blog posts celebrating decades of access to abortion." Kari Ross, the spokeswoman for the Feminist Majority Foundation, compares the abortion procedure to a wisdom tooth extraction, saying it is a lot safer and nearly as common. This event

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Apr 1, 2013
2 min

A Different Feminist Perspective on Gov. Cuomo’s Abortion Expansion Plan

New York State has the highest abortion rate in the county with 33% of all pregnancies ending in abortion (40% in NYC). An effort by the governor to include abortion expansion as part of his 10-point Women’s Equality Act will make abortions even more frequent and dangerous for New York women. Feminists Choosing Life Action (501 4c), a pro-woman, pro-life organization that recognizes the dignity of all human beings from conception to natural death, offers an 8-Point response t

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